Representations were heard from Rose Jackson
and the applicant’s representative.

RESOLVED that the
application be approved, subject to the conditions in the report,
the addendum and the Committee grants delegated authority to the
Service Director – Planning and Building Control or Head of
Strategic Planning to make any minor alterations, additions or
deletions to the recommended conditions/obligations as set out in
this report and addendum provided this authority shall be exercised
after consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice-
Chairman) of the Committee (who may request that such alterations,
additions or deletions be first approved by the Committee).

It was moved by Councillor Williams and
seconded by Councillor Weeden-Sanz that the application be
refused for the following reasons:

The proposed development would
by reason of its size, siting, bulk,
height and massing would detrimentally harm the character and
appearance of the street scene and the wider surrounding area. As
such the proposal would be contrary to policies7.4, 7.6 of the London Plan, policies CS1 and CS5
of Barnet’s Adopted Core Strategy (2012) and policies DM01 of
the Adopted Development Management Policies DPD
(2012).

For (refusal)

5

Against
(refusal)

1

Abstained

1

RESOLVED that the
application be refused for the reasons detailed above.

RESOLVED that the
application be approved subject to the conditions detailed in the
report and the Committee grants delegated authority to the Service
Director – Planning and Building Control or Head of Strategic
Planning to make any minor alterations, additions or deletions to
the recommended conditions/obligations as set out in this report
and addendum provided this authority shall be exercised after
consultation with the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice-
Chairman) of the Committee (who may request that such alterations,
additions or deletions be first approved by the Committee).

The Committee voted on the Officer’s
recommendation to approve the application as follows:

For (approval)

2

Against
(approval)

3

Abstained

2

It was moved by Councillor Roberts and
seconded by Councillor Williams that the application be refused for the following reasons:

Over
intensification, heritage and character.

At this point the Committee were advised by
the Solicitor, that in his opinion there were not strong enough
grounds to refuse this application and the Chairman also echoed
this view. The Solicitor
also stated that the grounds outlined for refusal were weak and
that the authority was likely to lose on appeal.

The Committee voted as follows on the motion
to refuse the application for the reasons stated:

For (refusal)

3

Against
(refusal)

3

Abstained

1

The Chairman used
his casting vote against refusal.

As the Committee had neither voted to approve
or refuse the application, the Chairman moved that the application
be deferred until the next meeting, to receive a further officer
report back clarifying the position, particularly in relation to
potential refusal of the application and the ramifications
associated with that. The motion was seconded by Councillor Alison
Cornelius.

A vote was taken on motion to defer the
application to the next meeting of the Committee for the reasons
outlined above:

For (deferral)

4

Against
(deferral)

1

Abstained

2

RESOLVED that the
application be deferred until the next meeting of the Committee for
the reasons outlined above.